SIGMOD20 Programming Contest | Quick start package for Entity Resolution

The Quick Start Package for Entity Resolution could be used as a starting code base for the SIGMOD 2020 Programming Contest.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.*
• Pip

Installing

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Install virtualenv to create an isolated environment:

$ pip install virtualenv

Create a new virtual environment named venv and activate it:

$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

N.B. Usage of virtualenv is not mandatory but recommended.

Install the requirements:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running

Run the project:

$ python main.py

This command will produce a CSV file (the submission) in the output directory ("outputh_path") and will print intermediate results in the shell.

N.B. The program will be executed on a mock dataset. If you want to change dataset just edit the value of the "dataset_path" variable.